Type-bar.



J. N. GROFUT.

TYPE BAR.

APPLlC-ATION FILED 001'. 1, 1912.

Patentd Nov. 17, 1914.

INVENR ap STATES PATENT curios.

JAMES N. escrow, or BROOKLYN, NEW Yoim, assronon'ro MERGENTHALER LING- TYPE COMPANY, a coax-cannon or NEW YORK.

TYPE-BAR.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, J AMES N. CRorp'r, .a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of comprise a body portion which carries and supports the printing characters or type on one edge thereof. In use, they are. assembled side by side and locked in a form, which may be the n employed for direct printing, or for stereotyping, etc. These bars are formed in different ways, but principally by casting, as in the case of the linotype. For instance, the latter is ordinarily formed in a mold, comprising a main or body portion, acap, and end liners remov- -ably secured therebetwe'en, such as 15 disclosed'in- United States Letters Patent to G. A. Bates, No. 618,554. It sometimes'ha-ppens, and particularly when the parts'have been used to a considerable extent, that the joints between the'liners and the body and cap portions are not tight, and as a result thereof, that fins or sprues are formed in the casting. Such fins or sprues quite fre guently project beyond the effective or operative surfaces of the slug, and in such a,

manner as to interfere with the proper look ing of the form. To obviate this difiiculty is the-principal object of my invention, and to that end I form the body portion of the linotype or slug with a recess in its corner edge, adapted to receive and contain this accidental fin or sprue, and thus to prevent its projection beyond the operative or effective surfaces thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown my invention in preferred form and ,by way of example, and as applied to a linotype slug, but obviously mnnywariations and modifications may be made therein, and

in its mode of application, without departure from its spirit. Generallv speaking, I desire it to be understood that do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment,

except in so i r as such limitations are specifled in the cl ims.

. Referring to the drawing; Figure 1 is an end View of a number of slugs or linotypes assembled side by side; Fig. 2 "is a perspec- S peciflcation of Lettersiatent.

' Application filed October 7, 1912. Serial No. 724,266.

stereoty ing, the side an Patented Nov. 1'3, 191%.

tive view of two such slugs; and Fig. 3 is an end view'of a slug, illustrating the function and advantages of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, the slugs A. consist of the body portion l), having substantially the same thickness as the slug it self, and the type or printing characters B mounted on an edge thereof. When the slugs are to be employed for printing or are assembled side by then 100 red in a form, looking or holding pressure for this purpose being brought to bear upon the ends G of the slugs. If there be fins or sprues projecting beyond such ends, it is obvious that the locking operation. will be seriously interfered with. To obviate this difliculty, I form the corner edges of the body D of the slim with received and contained within the.recess, and that thus it will be prevented from projecting beyond the effective end oi the slug.

This is clearly shown in Fig. 8. where a fin or sprue F is indicated withir the recess E and terminating short of the end C of the slug. I may similarly form a recess G along the lower corner edge of the slug, with the same effect.

My improved slugs, recessed along the corner edges of the body portion in the manner and for the purposes described, are to be distinguished from slugs having a body portion and alining ribs projecting from the side of such portion, as the ap parent recess thus formed by a rib does not of the United States is as follows? A I I ,1. A slug comprising a body portion .iormed in its side face at its corner edge with a recess, the saul recess extending only i partially through itself, the said body portion being in its side face at its corner edge with'a re- 'cess extending only partially through 'the body portion and located Within its efiective length, for the purpose described.

' 3.. A slug of substantially uniform thickness throughout its length and formed in v v A hand this third day of October, 1912, in the V its side face at its corner edge with a recess,

the said recess extending only partially through the slug and located Within its effective length, forthe purpose described;

" 4. A slug comprising a body portion of uniform thickness, the said body portion being formedin its side face at its corner edge with a recess located within its effective length, the said recess extending only partially through a point below the upper longitudinaledge ofthe slug, for the purpose described.

5. A slug comprisinga body-portion cut away at its corner edge 1n-its side face, said out extending only partially through the body portion and located within its effective length, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my presence of two attesting witnesses.

, J AMES N. CROFUT. Witnesses: v

EDGAR H. ALLEN, C. C. JONES.

the body portion'and from. 

